There sat the dog faced John Kerry
before the Senate confirmation hearings for his appointment to Secretary
of State. After the Chair had praised his vast "Diplomatic
Experience"... Followed by praise for his integrity, honorable service,
etc. He finally turns the hearing over to the rest of the panel for
questioning... and here is where my dream turned to fantasy... For in my
dream... the first Republican Senator to ask a question starts like
this....

Senator... you life story is a long
and storied one...well known throughout the world... and the Chair has
praised your integrity and diplomatic experience... I'd like to start by
asking you to once again describe your famous Christmas Eve, secret
mission into Cambodia ... Which I find most interesting since you
weren't even in SE Asia during the Christmas time of year? Then I would
like to ask... is consorting with our nations enemies part of your
"Diplomatic Experience"... Like North Vietnam while we were at war? The
Sandinista's while we were engaged in conflict in Central America ? The
butcher Assad and Saddam Hussein in the Middle East ... and the Russians
and Chinese when we were engaged in the Cold War?

And would you explain to us how you
recruited your fellow "Winter Soldiers" to come and testify before
Congress about atrocities committed by our American Soldiers and
Marines... when most of the so called witnesses you recruited... were
never even in the military or had ever gone to Vietnam? Remind us of
your eye witness accounts of our Vietnam Veterans as being as ruthless
as the hordes of Gangues Khan? Tell us when and where you observed that
first hand Senator Kerry?

And then I'd like to know why
your citations for your Silver Stars were signed by a Secretary of the
Navy... years and years after the war was over? And also, is it true as
charged by eye witnesses... Your Purple Hearts were as a result of your
own incompetence? Friendly fire by your own hand? These are just some of
the questions I have... and should be answered before your
confirmation.

And in my dream... I was cheerleading
the line of questioning and thinking subconsciously... "Ask why he
couldn't pass the Bar Exam... if he is so brilliant"? "Ask him why he
parked his boat in Rhode Island ... Was it to avoid taxes on it in his
home state"? "Ask him how he has accumulated such grand wealth on
the salary of a Senator"? "Is it true that your wealth was derived by
marrying homely, if not downright ugly... rich heiresses and widows"?
"And ask him why the men who served with him in Vietnam ... universally
hate his guts... along with 99.9% of all Vietnam Veterans"? "Ask him if
it is true that of all the men and women in the U.S. Senate... he is
known to be the most egotistical of them all... only his good buddy,
John McCain comes close. A man who also married well... Birds of a
feather"?

And then... I woke up! Ain't
gonna happen... Politicians are gutless!

But I have to ask myself? Is this the
face America wants to present to the rest of the world? A man who
has made a career of lies, falsehoods and deceit? I can think of no
human being... who symbolizes the term; "Ugly American" more than John
Kerry. A liar, a phony, arrogant, piece of human dog poop if there
ever was one!

Is this a man we should be proud to
be hailed as a "Great American"? Can any foreign leader ever trust a
single word out of this man's mouth... when it is documented that he has
lied to his own countrymen... time after time after time... Is this the
best we have offer? In a perfect world... this man wouldn't even be
considered for "Dog Catcher"... even though he did manage to capture two
in his lifetime.

"Is it true that your wealth was derived by marrying homely, if not downright ugly... rich heiresses and widows"?

Amazing how they can manage to be factually wrong, insulting and misogynistic in one simple sentence. Its truly a talent. Not a useful talent, but a talent nonetheless.

I'll never forget a few years ago when I encountered some asshole in a comment section who was still ranting and raving about all of Kerry's supposed sins in Vietnam. I asked him why he was still repeating these long debunked lies, and he demanded to know where Kerry's "missing" service and medical records were. I googled them and had the entire file in about 25 seconds. Yet somehow this didn't satisfy him. Its almost like he was denying reality or something...

Aren't these kool-aid drinking Republicans even mildly curious as to why a man who was reviled as a traitor by them in 2004 is suddenly, in 2013, A-OK as Secretary of State? Might those reasons be purely political and expedient--just like the lies they told about him in 2004? I know wingers, it's hard to think clearly when you're frothing at the mouth all the time.

But Hands, you are being played for a damned fool if you actually believe even a quarter of your so-called dream. Let me guess...now you're an old man and you watch FOX all day long. And shake your cane at those crazy kids playing on your lawn.

My guess it that there are enough retired colonels around that they can always find at least a few who are willing to crap out this kind of wingnut bile, especially since some of them probably wanted to be Generals but were denied the chance and are bitter about it. See North, Oliver, who of course would have been Chairman of the Joint Chiefs some day if not for those damn liberal agitators who dragged his perfect name through the mud, dontchaknow!

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